In fact, DeMint wants to gin up a fight over health care reform to ““break” Obama,” asserting that such a fight “will be [Obama’s] Waterloo.”

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these politicians are thwarting the will of the vast majority of the public because they are in the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies and other health care industry interests and lobbyists.

It’s time to fight the Republicans on this. Hard.

It’s also time to tell “centrist” Democrats that this is an issue that, if they side with the Republicans, will encourage progressive opponents in the primaries who will garner staunch support from progressive voters.